Active 1911-1949 Type Fortified Area Command | Garrison/HQ Çanakkale | |
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Engagements Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign (World War I) | ||
The Dardanelles Fortified Area Command or Mediterranean Strait Fortified Area Command or Çanakkale Fortified Area Command (Turkish: Bahr-i Sefîd Boğazı Mevki(i) Müstahkem Komutanlığı or Akdeniz Boğazı Müstahkem Mevki(i) Komutanlığı or Çanakkale Boğazı Müstahkem Mevki(i) Komutanlığı or Çanakkale Müstahkem Mevki(i) Komutanlığı) was the Ottoman fortified area command that was formed to defend against attacks on the Dardanelles from the sea.
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Order of Battle, 1911
With reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the fortified area command was headquartered in Çanakkale, under the command of II Corps. The Dardanelles Fortified Area Command in 1911 was structured as such:
Dardanelles Fortified Area Command, Çanakkale
Order of Battle, December 1912
In December 1912, the area command was structured as follows:
Dardanelles Fortified Area Command (Çanakkale, Commander: Mirliva Fahri Pasha)
Order of Battle, 1915
The Dardanelles Fortified Area was first-class fortified area, the commander of this fortified area was given the corps' authority. It was headquartered in Çanakkale. The formation of the fortified area in 1915 was as follows:
Dardanelles Fortified Area Command, Çanakkale